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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-07-23
The Chiefest of Deaths Servants.

Consumption is manklnd's greatest
scourge. According to the highest au-
thorities on the statistics of disease, two
sevenths of the human race die of con-
sumption of the lungs. This is over 2s
per cent, a mortality higher than from
war, famine and plague The Oriental
plague, the black death, cholera, small
pox and yellow fever have at times car
ried off such great numbers Of the Human
family as to profoundly alarm the
stricken communities, but the total num-
Der of victims of all these scourres COM
bined is less than the number killed by
consumption during any single century
of the history of our race since written
history began. The mortality tables
tell a dreadful tale. Of total Of 12 500
deaths in the city of Chicago in 1885,
1900, or one-tenth, was caused by con-
sumption of the lungs. Consumption
and pneumonia together carried off 1900
persons, and bronchitis and congestion
of the lungs 600 more More than 1000
of the total deaths were OF miners, and
as few minors die Of consumption it fol-
lows that of the 5000 deaths of adults
100 were caused by the terrible phthisis
pulmonalis. Nearly two-ifths of all de-
ceased adults were the victims Of con-
sumption or pneumonia. - [Chicago
Herald
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-07-23
A STOLEN RIDE,

"Tvr talNcd to you until Pm tired,
{ ruc,ia.Ann.'= sail Mrs. Boxwood.
toruc.la Aua thought that that might
E.ry possibly be. Mrs. Boxwood had
a.Gu,otly talked toIfcr, until She Cor
..1t Ann, as we'll rs the old lady-was
tired also. And she knew likewise that
when Mrs Boxwood called her "Cornelia
Ann, instead of "Conny," she was very
apy indeed.
II didn't mean any harm, aunty,"
mnrmurei Cornclia Ann, hanging down
hr head.
''Mcau.' echoed Mrs. Boxwood. "And
you gars dressing up headed
ghost to trighten Deacon Hub bard, , at the
end Of the lane, and filling old Mrs
Higgins bonnet with burdock burrs,
and putting an old almanac inside Elder
liopgood's sermon cover, so that when
Ire opened 1t to begin prcachin' he was
clean tlanbcrGastcd out of his senses"
well, but aunty," argued the cuI-
prt, che said that Lulu and | were lost
wretchcs and would certainly be cast
into perdition. He hadn't any business
to say that! And Mrs Higgins told
YOU that Lulu and | helped the boys to
lock GU the schob,ma' am, and it wasn't
'ru"-. We hadn't a thing to do with it.
us haj enough TO be blamed for the
mischief that we do, without any addi-
honNI~ acCuSation," she added with Il
pou'. And | hopc--ycs, l do hope
that she had an awful time getting the
uurr, out of her old tow-colorcd wig!
rs for Deacon Hubbard, we all know
that he says that there isn't aoy such
'h'nI rs ghostsS 50 why need he be
afraid Of pumpkin on the end of a
pole, with a white sheet wrapped around
IN Aud I'm afraid, aunty,' she added,
with roguish sparkle in her eyes, "that
he's coming here to carry you off! And,
ior all you scoId at Us 50 much, Lulu and
don't want to lose youI'
ia, chll," said Mrs. Boxwood,
highly flat;crcd. Il never thought o.
such thing. | amt going to change
my widowed condition at my time o
life, not for all the dcacons goiag. But
am surprised, COMFY.
At this stage Of affairs, however,
Mrs. BoNwood was called away, and
tonny made her rejoicing escape
Conny was no brand from tie hurn-
'"-, no doubleday assassin, but simply
a"'hiromp, overtowing with health and
,uts, who never paused to consider
""etlrr or no she was going too far in
"er mat c>capades or not.
Some Of the neigAbors called her
handsome.
'Nhe has checks like an apple hlos-
>'m SAID Mrs. Phillips, nnand l never
".' see such eyes. They're the lovliest
'.ue, and they sparkle like diamonds
When sAe.gets TO taking"
And others pronounced her as plain
- 4 p'ke-statf, SO that Conny really did
not quite know what to think OF herself.
Squire Dana, an old friend of her
laiher, laughed himstlf red IN the face
when "e heard OF her wild frolcs.
Let her alone" said he-"let her
''one She'll come out all right. It..
tic the most valuable fllies that gallon
"e hardest in pasture when they'r,
y0un-.'
A"i E.der Hofgooi declared, with ,
.''"'Ac""y groan, that Cornelia Anr
",1"'.d was certainly on the high road
'I destruction if ever girl was.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-07-23
Review.

Suppose att-s i an lead, remarked
Mr.. Jackson 70 her hu>Daad, would
you ike to have M come back. - you
n Jour dre4msf'
WEI replied NJ. Jackson,
evassyely, 'TA think I over. - Mai
and Express.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-07-23

IhTe no loom dark with lonely caring,
lLa' aly aicEe"s in the hour Of woe,
.a''.. can -oothe his tortures Of despairing
+at -"A'te. gladness where his feet may
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
Famous Nicknames.

During the civil war the soldiers
were in the habit of calling their
Generals by nicknames; sometimes
the names pleased and sometimes
displeased, as the case might be. The
following are few of them:
General Grant-"Old United States"
from the initials of his name.
McClellan-"Little Mac"
General Meade, who wore spec
tacles, was called" Four-eyed George"
Sigel, the German General, was
known as "Dutchy."
Halleck was nicknamed cold
Brains"
Lew Wallace was called Louisa"
Kearney, who had lost one arm,
answered to the name Of" Armed
Phil"
Luster, on account of his long flow
ing curls, was called "Ringlets."
Butler was called "Cock-eye."
Logan was "Black jack" because
of his hair and complexion.
Alexandra Mcdowell McCook and
Hooker were called "Fighting Nc
Cook and Hooker"
Sheridan was called Little Phil"
and Sherman "Old Tecumseh."
Sykes was changed to "Syksey,"
and Rosecrans to "Rosy."
Kilpatric was shortened to "Kill."
Humphrey was "Old Mathemat.
ics," and Crawford, "Physics."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
A True Story.

Papa, can you please give me
fifty cents for my spring hat !? Most
all the academy girls have theirs"
"No, May, 1 can't spare the
money"
The above request was persuasive
ly made by a 16-year-old maiden as
she was preparing for school one fine
spring morning. The refusal came
from the parent in a curt, indifferent
tone. The disappointed girl went to
school. The father started for his
place of business. On his way thith-
er he met friend, and being hale
fellow, well met, invited him into
Macs for drink. AS usual, there
were others there, and the man that
could not spare his daughter fifty
cents for hat, treated the crowd.
When about to leave he laid half a
dollar on the counter, which just
paid for the drinks.
Just then the saloon keepers
daughter entered, and going behind
the bar said:
Papa, l want fifty cents for my
spring hat"
"All right" says the dealer: and
taking up the half dollar from the
counter hands it over to the girl who
departs smiling.
Nays father seemed dazed, walked
out alone, and said to himself, Il
had to bring my fifty cents here for
the rumseller's daughter'to buy hat
with, after refusing it to my own
daughter. I'll never drink another
drop!"
And he kept his pledge.
SUBSCRIBER.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
Good Advice.

DR.. W, w. McKaig concluded an
address at a Grange picnic in Cali
fornia as follows:
"And now a few friendly words
with the young men see around me.
If not married, get wife, good,
healthy, Changers daughter, and
commence to bluid a home. Do not
wait until you are well TODD, for
few young men learn the art of econ
omy till the solemn sense Of domestic
responsibility is upon them. If you
are poor, pull, sing, play and econo-
mize together, as you are in some de-
gree independent, get out of the ruts
Ofroutine and extract all the honey
there is in the passing hours. But if
you are already pretty well fixed,
then do not compel your wife to cook
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

for the hired men, slave over a wash
tub, make butter and cheese, hunt
eggs, and raise turkeys and chickens,
until her beauty fades and the sweet
ness of her temper sours.. Get her q
piano, music and charming books
and magazines to read, and try and
make the charms of the country as
cheerful and pleasant to her as posi-
BILE. Never grumble at the milliner's
bills. If your wife loves a fashiona-
BILE dress, and a bewitching, dainti-
ly trimmed hat, you should be all
the more proud of her. What are
you for, you great, strapping, stall
wart fellow, but to make some wo-
man happy and your home little
heaven to go to heaven in? If you
love a'fine horse, and bright shining
harness, why should not your wife
be gratified in the line of her tastes I?
Then do not labor so long and hard
that you have no time for reading
and intellectual improvement. Soul
wealth will out-last your orchards
and vineyards. Shrouds have no
pockets, but remember the mind will
safely carry all you store in it above
all the wear and mutations of time.
When you visit the city do not stay
long unless you are a good temper
ance man. Loan all the money you
can spare, but never hire if you can
possibly avoid it. Never allow your
homestead to be clamped in a mort
gage. Be honest, be temperate and
independent, keep out of debt, never
go security, avoid lawsuits, lotteries,
stock gambling, and in short, as we
sometimes say in bidding friend
goodbye, be good and you will be
happy"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
The Supreme Court.
West Tennessee Wing.

West Tennessee Wing.
The present supreme bench of Ten
nessee has accomplished more than
any supreme court the State has ever
had, during the same length of time.
The court is composed of men of Wig
orous intellect and they work in a
business-like way. Their hours on
the bench are more than the courts
which proceeded them. They do
not waste time on long written opin-
ions concerning hair-splitting points
of law, but strike at once at the law
and equity of the case. The result
has been that cases of twenty years
standing on the dockets of the State
have been disposed of by this court.
The result has been that the dockets
have nearly been cleared in every di-
vision of the State.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

gone forever.
1t is hard, our children can not
trust us always as they do when they
are small. Yet tits not us they need
distrust, tits the demon alcohol,
the horrible curse of our lovely land,
that kills every noble impulse born
in the human heart.
TITS useless, worse than useless, to
ask men not to drink, when we have
it where they can take it or let it
alone; (and rest assured, my friends,
they generally take it, We appeal to
fathers, you who have children to
follow in your footsteps, will you
help? Prohibition needs the honest
help of every honest man in our land,
We appeal for help. Who will
answer?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
Of Interest to the South.

WASHINGTON, May 16,-[Speciall
The Court Of Claims decided to-day
that the Government could not urge
as set off against the claims of a
State any unpaid amount of the di-
rect tax of 1861 laid against the States
for the purpose ofconducting the war.
The court read no opinion, but decid-
ed that the direct tax was not tax
which the State in her sovereign ca
pacity was responsible for. The de-
cision is of general interest through
out the South.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
w. C. T. U. COLUMN.
Edited and Compiled by the Women's
Christian Temperance Union.

The Grand Lodge of Masons of
Kentucky declared recently that
saloon-keeping was an ofense against
the order, and should be punished as
such.
Ex-Gov. st. John of Kansas, said
in a recent lecture at Chicago, re-
ferring to Francis Murphy: 81 am
willing to get into Mr.. Murphy's
wagon and ride with him as long as
he goes my road. If his wagon stops
it is no reason why I should fall out
with Mr.. Murphy. Ishould keep on
my road on foot. He is doing a great
work, and one which rejoices my
heart"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
On Which Side Are You.
SUBSCRIBER.

FOR THE AMENDMENT.
/. The Christian ministers.
2. The college professors.
3. All the Good Templars.
4. All members of the w. c. T. U.
5. All public School teachers.
6. All conscientious and moral citi-
Zens.
7. Upright business and profes.
Sional men.
s. The men who spend their even
ings at home, striving to make life
pleasant for wife and children.
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT.
l. Brewers.
2. Distillers.
3. Saloon keepers.
4. Ward bummers.
5. Thieves and prostitutes.
6. MurdererS and topers.
7. Gamblers and corrupt legisla
tors.
s. Respectable moderate drinkers
8. Politicians who care moro fol
votes than for principle.
10. The men who shake dice will
the bartender till they lose all theil
money and then borrow ten cents tt
buy loaf of bread for their hungry
children.
ON WHICH SIDE ARE YOU?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
is My Papa a Drunkard 2
ON WHICH SIDE ARE YOU

The Clarion.
Once not many years ago3 two lit
tie girls quarreled at school. The
parting words of the little blonde
were: "You ought to be ashamed
to quarrel with me! Your papa is a
drunkard! Mine is not" and so
with her little head thrown back, she
walked away.
The dark faced little girl went to
her teachers desk, and gazing
straight into her teachers eyes, asked:
"Miss Willie, is my papa a drunk
ard?"
The teacher, not wishing to hurt
her favorite's feelings, evaded the
question; when the child replied
with great angry tears in her eyes
IF my papa is drunkard, it's
right to be a drunkard Every thing
my papa does is right"
Poor child, she lived to learn that
her papa did drink, not sometimes
but often; she lived to learn that
it was not right because her papa die
it. Doubtless she loves her father
Just as well today as she did then
but the old childish confidence i;
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
Who Took His Life 2

The death of poor man in Jail in
this city yesterday, as it might be I'M
folded by weaving in the sorrows of
a family smitten with griefand strick-
en- with poverty-resulting from the
operation of a cruel and relentless
law, would make one of the saddest
stories recorded.
Arrested in a distant county for
the sale of a pint or quart of whisky,
he gave bond for his appearance at
court, but when court came he had
no horse and no money and he set
out a-foot on the long journey, near
ly one hundred miles.
The hot weather and the hard walk
brought on sickness. But the judge
could have no mercy, the law was in
exorable, and the poor young man,
with a brother likeswise charged,
went to Jail for thirty days.
The father, poor old man-affec-
ton is often the strongest among the
poor-hearing of his sons imprison-
ment and sickness, left home on foot
and walked all the way to Nashville,
and reached the jail-poor old man
just in time to see his son die in a fell
on's cell!
When it is remembered that this
Federal statute, under the pretense
of collecting revenue, has been for
more than twenty years dragging
thousands and thousands ofthe poor,
helpless, dependent, and often inno-
cent, people from their homes, and
taking them from fifty to one hun
dred and fifty miles for trial, for the
smallest offenses-the most trivial
DEMONSTRATING them to beg their
way-sometimes for weeks in a city
where everybody is strange, then
trying them and sending them to
Jail, if guilty for not less than thirty
days; or, if not guilty, turning them
loose to walk home; in the mean
time, the family without bread, and
the crop lost. No matter how true a
man may be to the flag, he finds him.
self, if not hating the Government,
despising the system that inflicts such
cruelty.
In the graphic recital of grievances
in the Declaration of independence,
where Mr.. Jefferson tried his hand
on the wrongs of George the Third,
there is nothing that sinks deeper in.
to the soul of an enlightened man
than the wrongs inflicted upon the
poor and helpless of this country by
the Government itself under this op'
pressive system.
The only excuse offered for this
cruelty is that the people violate the
law.
Every shade of civilization claims
to protect even the criminal from
cruelty. An enlightened people car
no more be cruel to a criminal than al
innocent child.
If this revenue was not collected
by the States, where it is needed
persons violating the law would
be treated like human beings anC
tried at home.
This is cruel law, and it is cruell.
executed. Often traps are set by spie
for that is what they are-and il
this trap the poor man is caugh
selling a plug of tobacco or pint O
whisky.
, The punishment is fearful, but tn
, spy gets his fee all the same.
! Who is responsible? Is not tn
, Government the murderer of it
humble citizen in this case?
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28
WHAT Ais THE NATION7
The Average Length of Life De.
.Creasing-Not Pestilence--
Not Famine-All our
own Fault.

UWu CdulCO
MODERN COOKING AND Mop.
ERIN J LIVING have brought it
on. 1t comes upon us una
wares. The patients have
pains aboutthe chest. and sides,
and sometimes in the back.
They feel dull and sleepy; the
mouth has bad taste, especi-
ally in the morning. A sort
of sticky slime collects about
the teeth. The appetite is poor.
There is a feeling like a heavy
load on the stomach; sometimes
a faint, all-gone sensation at
the pit of the stomach which
food does not satisfy. The
eyes are sunken, the hands
and feet become cold and feel
clammy. After a while a
cough sets in, at first dry, but
after q few months it is at
tended with a greenish colored
expectoration. The patient
feels tired all the while, and
sleep does not seem to afford
any rest. After time he be-
comes nervous, irritable and
gloomy, and has evil forebod-
ings. There is a giddiness, a
sort Of whirling sensation in
the head when rising up sud-
denly. The bowels become
costive; the skin is dry and
hotat times; the blood becomes
thick and stagnant; the whites
Of the eyes become tinged with
yellow; the kidney secretions
becomes scanty and high col
ored, depositlng a sediment
after standing. There is fire.
quently a splitting up of the
food, sometimes with a sour
taste and sometimes with a
swedish taste; this is fire.
quently attended with palpi-
tation of the heart and Asth-
matte symptoms; the vision be-
comes impaired, with spots be-
fore the eyes; there is a feel
ing Of great prostration and
weakness. All of these symp-
toms are IN turn present. 1T
is thought that nearly one-half
of our population has this dis
ease in some of its varied forms.
Shaker Extract of Roots (Sei-
gels Syrup changes the fer.
ments of the Digestive organs SO
asto convert the food we eat into
a form that will give nourish-
ment to the feeble body, and
good health is the consequence.
The effect of this remedy is
simply marvellous. Millions
upon millions of bottles have
been sold in this country, and
the testimonials in favor of it's
curative powers are over
whelming. Hundreds of So
called diseases under various
names are the result of indi-
gestion, and when this one
trouble is removed the other
diseases vanish, for they are
but symptoms of the real
malady
Testimonials from thousands
of people speaking highly of
its curative properties prove
this beyond a doubt. Sold by
druggists.
Joel Munsen's Sons, Of Albany,
publishers of genealogies, have under
taken the compilation of large and
valuable work entitled American An
cestry," in which the direct male line
age of every citizen of the United
States will be recorded who can trace
his descent from families settled in
America previous to 1900. - Albany
Journal.
Mrs. Whitney's brother is a quin-
tomillionaire, but is not at all spoiled
by it people say, He is in his fiftieth
year, has pleasant manners, and the
one thingin life he is Unfortunately vain
of-not his money, not his success, not
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

Total prohibition failed of success
in Michigan by less than 5000 votes,
and the question has come to stay,
and all political parties may as well
recognize the fact. The farmers of
Michigan nobly stood by the ques-
ton, and were only defeated by the
large vote in the cities.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-05-28

The number of women who really
care to vote is about equal to the
number of men who like to put the
baby to sIeep.-Puck.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-06-04
RECORDING OF BIRTHS AND
DEATHS.

An act of the Legislature, approved
March 20, 1887, provides that every person
who shall officiate at the birth of child
shall make record thereof, and within
three months after such birth shall make
and deliver to the Recorder of Deeds of
the county wherein the birth took place, q
certificate under his hand containing the
facts of such birth. 1t also provides that
every person who shall ofhciate at the
burial of any deceased person shall make a
record thereof and within two weeks after
such death shall make and deliver, or send
by the due course of mail or express, or by
such other manner as will insure safe
transit, to the Recorder of Deeds of the
county wherein such death took place, d
certificate under his hand containing par
ticulars of such death.
All certificates of births and deaths shall
be filed and recorded by the Recorder in o
book kept for that purpose, and the Board
of Commissioners of the several counties
shall provide blanks certificates, to be paid
for by the county, to be furnished to ply
sicians midwives and undertakers, to en-
able them to carry out and comply with
the requirements of the act.
Failure to comply with the provisions
of the act is punishable by a fine of not
| less than $40 nor more than $50 for each
oAense, and wilfully making false GER
tificate of any birth or death is punishable
by fine not exceeding $500, or imprison.
meet in the county Jail for any period not
exceeding six months.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-06-04
THE NEW LAND BILL.
[Approved March 5, 1871

SECTION l. Every person who has ap-
piled to the State Of Nevada to purchase
any land from it, or who has contracted
with the State of Nevada for such pur-
chase, or who may hereafter apply to or
contract with the State of Nevada, in
good faith, for the purchase of any of its
public lands, and who has paid, or shall
pay to the proper State officers, the amount
of money requisite under such application
or contract, shall be deemed and held to
have the right to the exclusive possession
of the land described in such application or
contract; provided, no actual, adverse pos
session thereof existed in another at the
date of the application.
SEC. 2. Every person who has con-
tracted with the State of Nevada, in good
faith to purchase any land from it, shall
be entitled to maintain or defend any ac-
tion of law or equity concerning said land
or it's possession, which may be maintained
or defended by persons who own land in
fee, and every person who has applied or
may hereafter apply to the State of Ne
vada, in good faith, to purchase any land
from it, and has paid or shall pay the
amount of money which may he required
under such application, to the proper State
officer, shall be deemed and held to have
the right to the exclusive possession of such
land. and shall be entitled to maintain and
defend any action at law, or in equity,
concerning such land, or the possession
thereof, which may now be maintained or
defended by persons who own land in fee;
provided. no actual, adverse possession of
such land existed in another at the date OF
such application.
SEC. 8. Nothing in this Act contained
shall be construed as to prevent any per-
son or persons from entering upon such
landsfor the purpose of prospecting for any
of the precious metals or to prevent the
free and economical working of any mine
which NAV he discovered thereon.